The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-10

Books for subscription IN the stock of the
Greenville Savings Bank were opened and
| kept open from 10 a. m. to ) p, m. Tuesday.
The entire capital stock of S25, 900 was sub
scribed in a very few hours, all by local in
vestors, with the exception of two amounts
Of $1,000 each, taken by William Pelzer and
| the Carolina Savings Bank, of Charleston.
1 The organization will he completed and the
bank opened for business at once.
! The Secretary of State has commissioned
| p A. Emanuel and J. f. Murray to incor-
! porate the Aiken Mining and Porcelain
| Manufacturing company, with its principal
! place Of business at the Long Kaolln Mine,
near the town of Aiken. The objects of the
/ corporation will be TO mine, manipulate,
Manufacture and sell kaolin and porcelain
and other kaolin and clay products. The
capital stock of 1900 will be divided into
! 800 shares of 500.
The Southern Cotton OH Company have
established an electric light plant in connec-
! ton with their business at Columbia, and
| have already commenced lighting their
buildings Herewith. They are now running
liz incandescent lights, which number will
shortly be increased. The work on the
buildings is rapidly approaching compile
ton, and the arrival of an important piece
of machinery will be the signal for setting
the work in motion.
At Sumter Thursday night between 10
and II o'clock a small house on the land of
l.. \. Barwick, about mile below town,
was burned The cause of the fire is I'M
known. The loss will amount TO about 500
Insurance 500, in the Liverpool, London
and Globe Company. Friday a warrant
was sworn out against the occupants of the
house. Richard Jennings and his wife and
daughter, charging them with arson. The
case was investigated before Trial Justice
Haynsworth and dismissed for want of evil
dence
Engineer Ellis and his assistants are
busily engaged in laying the masonry for
the superstructure of the new bridge TO be
built for the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens railroad over Broad river. The
bridge will commence on the Columbia side
of the river a little north of the foot Of Elm
wood avenue and run across in a north
westerly direction to the Lexington shore, IA
distance of over 1000 feet. The caissOn, in
which the laborers will work while con-
structing the masonry, was sunk Thursday
1t is 45 feet long and "a in width. The
builders have contracted to complete the
work in six months.
The committee of penitentiaFv directors
have inspected the tract of 400 acres of
land in Lexington county, the purchase of
which it is proposed to ask the Legislature
to authorize. 1t embraces the site of old
CRANKY, about three miles below Columbia.
About :, 900 acres are cleared, 900 being
upland and the remainder bottom land, but
above the reach Of floods The owners are
John and Albert Taylor. They have made
an offer to sell this tract, and it is probable
that the inspecting committee will report
favorably on its purchase 1t is estimated
that with convict labor the tract can easily
be made to pay each of the annual install
ments due for the purchase. The peniten-
tiary board will have special meeting in
advance of the next regular one, for the
purpose of considering this matter.
At the late meeting of the Bethel Presby-
terry at Bethel church, York county, a reso-
luton was adopted to the effect that the
time had not arrived for the establishment
of an organic union, or closer relations be-
tween the Southern Presbyterian church
and the Northern Presbyterian church.
The resolution was sustained by the Rev.
Dr. Jordan, of Winnsboro', and the Rev
Mr.. Marion. of Lancaster, while the Rev.
Mr.. Neville, of Blackstocks, opposed it,
The Rev. George Summey was elected
Stated Clerk of the Presbytery sin place of
the Rev Mr. Webb. who has been called to
the pastorate of the church at Davidson
College The pastoral relations between
the Rev. Mr. Jennings and the Rock Hill
Presbyterian church were dissolved, Mr.
Jennings having accepted call to Macon.
The Rev. Mr.. McAlpin rendered his resig-
nation of Bullocks Creek church to 90 to
Huntersville. n. c.
Whey Fraser, a colored woman living at
Pringle's about six miles from Walterboro,
was found murdered in the woods near her
house. Trial Justice j. s. Griffin immedi-
ately repaired to the scene, impaneled a
jury and held an inquest. They examined
carefully the body of the unfortunate
woman, who had been missing from Sunday
evening till Wednesday, when found, and
discovered the clothing torn from her chest
and every evidence of a desperate struggle
before death The mouth was filled with
crocus bag to prevent her cries being heard
and piece of cloth bandaged over CHASTITY
wound on the head. Both arms are broken
and an ugly gunshot wound was discovered
in her side. Trash was piled partly over
the body, and from all appearances the muir
derer took the life of his victim not at this
spot, but brought it there to hide away.
Her husband Prophet Fraser, was accused
of the crime, and from several points of
crcumstantial evidence, which pointed di-
rectly to him as the perpetrator of the das-
tardly deed, the jury brought in the verdict
that Whey Fraser came to her death from
a wound inflicted by gun in the hands of
her husband, Prophet Fraser The muir
derer was Immediately arrested.